The Use of the Group in Training Therapists: A Holographic Perspective
Traditional models of training in group work have utilised the group as a resource and in vivo situation for skills demonstration, practice and supervision. In this presentation we will explore the boundaries of this use of the group to extend to the group as a trainer, supervisor and as the ground of a holistic wisdom above and beyond that of the group members. Such conceptualisation offers alternative lens for viewing the group that derive from the field perspective of Gestalt therapy.
The Gestalt field perpective of groups helps makes sense of our movement beween our logical, cognitive understanding of group process and the more intuitive, immediate experiences of the group as a whole. We will explore the principles and maps that derive from the intrinsic nature of the group as a whole and experiement with how to use these principles to guide practice.
